Genesis 6:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark on its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third stories.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Make a window for the ark and finish it to a cubit from the top. Put a door on the side of the ark, and construct it with lower, second, and third decks.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    A light shalt thou make{H6213} to the ark,{H8392} and to a cubit{H520} shalt thou finish{H3615} it upward;{H4605} and the door{H6607} of the ark{H8392} shalt thou set{H7760} in the side thereof;{H6654} with lower,{H8482} second,{H8145} and third{H7992} stories shalt thou make{H6213} it.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    A window{H6672} shalt thou make{H6213}{(H8799)} to the ark{H8392}, and in a cubit{H520} shalt thou finish{H3615}{(H8762)} it above{H4605}; and the door{H6607} of the ark{H8392} shalt thou set{H7760}{(H8799)} in the side thereof{H6654}; with lower{H8482}, second{H8145}, and third{H7992} stories shalt thou make{H6213}{(H8799)} it.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in the arcke. And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou finysh it. And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette in ye syde of it: and thou shalt make it with.iij loftes one aboue an other.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    A wyndow shalt thou make aboue of a cubyte greate: but the dore shalt thou set in the myddest in the syde of it: And the Arke shalt thou make with thre loftes one aboue another.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    A windowe shalt thou make in the Arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue, and the doore of the Arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: thou shalt make it with the lowe, seconde and third roume.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    A wyndowe shalt thou make in the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finishe it aboue: but the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the syde therof. With three loftes one aboue another shalt thou make it.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third `stories' dost thou make it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 7:16 : 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
  • Gen 8:6 : 6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
  • 2 Kgs 9:30 : 30 And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.
  • Ezek 41:16 : 16 The doorposts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries around their three stories, opposite the door, paneled with wood all around, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
  • Ezek 42:3 : 3 Opposite the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and opposite the pavement for the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
  • Luke 13:25 : 25 When once the master of the house has arisen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he will answer and say to you, I do not know you, where you are from:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 6:14-15
    2 verses
    86%

    14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.

    15 And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

  • Exod 25:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

    11 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out shall you overlay it, and shall make upon it a crown of gold all around.

  • Gen 8:6
    75%

    6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

  • Exod 37:1
    75%

    1 And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits was its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

  • Gen 6:17-20
    4 verses
    73%

    17 And behold, I Myself am bringing a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.

    18 But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

    19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

    20 Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

  • Ezek 41:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 The doorposts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries around their three stories, opposite the door, paneled with wood all around, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

    17 To that above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.

  • 1 Kgs 6:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4 And for the house he made windows with narrow lights.

    5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made chambers all around.

    6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide, and the third seven cubits wide; for he made narrowed rests all around outside of the house, so the beams would not be fastened into the walls of the house.

  • Exod 25:16
    71%

    16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I will give you.

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    71%

    19 And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • Gen 7:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

    16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.

    17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth.

    18 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.

  • Ezek 40:25
    69%

    25 There were windows in it and in its arches all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.

  • 1 Kgs 7:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was opposite light in three ranks.

    5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows; and light was opposite light in three ranks.

  • 1 Kgs 6:16
    69%

    16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with cedar boards; he even built it inside for the oracle, for the most holy place.

  • Exod 27:8
    69%

    8 You shall make it hollow with boards; as it was shown to you on the mountain, so shall they make it.

  • Exod 26:16
    69%

    16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the width of one board.

  • Gen 8:2
    69%

    2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

  • Gen 7:20
    69%

    20 The waters covered them fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

  • Ezek 40:12
    69%

    12 There was a barrier before the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.

  • Exod 40:3
    69%

    3 And you shall put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.

  • Gen 7:6
    68%

    6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were upon the earth.

  • Exod 26:30
    68%

    30 And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.

  • Ezek 41:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2 And the width of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other side: and he measured its length, forty cubits; and its width, twenty cubits.

    3 Then he went inward and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the width of the door, seven cubits.

  • Gen 8:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

    16 Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

  • Gen 1:6
    68%

    6 And God said, Let there be a sky in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.

  • Gen 7:1
    68%

    1 And the LORD said to Noah, "Go, you and all your household, into the ark; for I have seen you as righteous before Me in this generation."

  • Exod 25:14
    68%

    14 And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried with them.

  • Ezek 42:3
    68%

    3 Opposite the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and opposite the pavement for the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

  • 1 Kgs 6:8
    67%

    8 The door for the middle chamber was on the right side of the house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and from the middle into the third.

  • 1 Kgs 6:31
    67%

    31 And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and door posts made up a fifth part of the wall.